Rock Band Download Low-Down: Week 48
Each week we’ll run out onto our website stage like roadies and review the latest Rock Band Downloadable Content. Check back every week! (And click here for all of our previous music DLC reviews.)
*NOTE: Each of the songs in this week’s selection costs 160 Microsoft Points ($2). They are also available as a full album download for 1,280 points ($16).
"Dr. Feelgood" full album by Mötley Crüe
WHAT ROCKS: Wow, what a fun album! Some excellent guitar riffs here, starting with the title track, and continuing with "Rattlesnake Shake," "Kickstart my Heart," and "Without You." Drums are equally interesting, often featuring something other than the same Y Y Y RY pattern that seems to be so common in many songs. And most of the good guitar songs are also the best drum tunes. "Dr. Feelgood" itself again shines, along with "Rattlesnake Shake," and "Kickstart My Heart."
WHAT SUCKS: Almost without exception, every part is too easy. Oh, and the lyrics to "She Goes Down" are downright juvenile and embarassing to say out loud. Did Nickelback write that song? Not to sound like a bunch of prudes, but let us get something straight: we can't have profanity in Rock Band songs, but we can have this?
FINAL VERDICT: Unique drum patterns you won't see in any other song in Rock Band, excellent guitars, and (mostly) fun vocals define this album download, but we'd recommend cherry-picking the best stuff. Oh, and you're likely to enjoy it but not feel the slightest challenge when playing on your usual difficulty level. Thus, we recommend cranking it up a notch higher than you're used to, and we bet you'll have a blast.
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ill sue y4
October 28, 2008 at 5:27pm
we need these track packs Deep Purple Track Pack Demons Eye Black Knight Maybe I'm a Leo > > Blue Oyster Cult Track Pack Burnin For You Godzilla Red and Black > > Metallica Track Pack 02 Master Of Puppets Call Of Ktulu Whisky In The Jar > > (8 Tracks) System Of A Down Track Pack Kill Rock n' Roll! I-E-A-I-A-I-O Aerials Science Atwa Hypnotize F**k The System! Sugar > > Prog Track Pack Rush - 2112 Dream Theater - Fatal Tradgedy Jethro Tull - The Whistler > > Awesomeness Track Pack Megadeth - Holy Wars... The Punishment Due Buckethead - We Are One Michael Angelo Batio - Time Traveler (REMIX)
xpects the xpctd
October 26, 2008 at 3:31pm
Ok, I can live with a few country tunes on RB, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Not a lot of country songs are "RB worthy". Very few of them would be overally enjoyable to anyone but people who like to sing country. The closest thing to country I'd want to see on RB would be Sweet Home Alabama.
Terr0r Inc
October 25, 2008 at 8:28pm
This game is called ROCK Band. Not Country band, or Country singer... ;) And thank goodness for that! ROCK ON!
Figeldorf
October 24, 2008 at 5:59pm
They are certainly helping me to save my money. When are they going to come out with some Country tunes??
xpects the xpctd
October 20, 2008 at 4:09pm
I understand your not bad and your prejiduce against "She Goes Down", but even though it is fairly easy it is still a very fun album. You get frustrated with the insanely hard stuff like Megadeth but condemn this for being too easy. From what I can tell, you gave this a not bad based on crude vocals in one song and some of the songs being too easy. It doesn't seem fair if you don't do the same for the insanely difficult songs.
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